Former Democratic Party chair hosts fundraiser for Trump prosecutor Fani Willis

Scott Bolden, a prominent trial attorney, white-collar defense lawyer and former chair of the D.C. Democratic Party, is hosting a fundraiser Wednesday evening for Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis, who indicted former President Trump in August on 13 charges.

The event will be at Bolden’s K Street law office, and attendees are invited to give between $250 and $6,600 to welcome and help reelect Willis, according to a copy of the invitation obtained by The Hill.

Willis, the first woman to serve as Fulton County’s district attorney, was elected to the job in 2020 — beating a six-term incumbent — and is up for reelection next year.

Georgia state election law limits contributions for primary and general elections for county, municipal and district offices at $3,300 per election.

Bolden declined to comment on the event when contacted by The Hill.

Willis said this week her criminal case against Trump is likely to run through the 2024 election and into next year.

Speaking at The Washington Post Live’s Global Women’s Summit, she predicted the trial will take “many months” and won’t conclude until “the winter or very early part of 2025.”

Willis has indicted 18 of Trump’s current and former allies and recently reached plea agreements with Trump campaign legal advisers Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell.

Fulton County is Georgia’s largest county and home to more than a million people in Atlanta and the suburban areas of Sandy Springs and South Fulton.

Willis defeated her former boss Paul Howard in 2020, declaring at the time: “Y’all we made herstory.”

She pledged to make the office “a beacon for justice and ethics in Georgia and across the country.”